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8 Ancient Writing Systems That Haven't Been Deciphered Yet
mentalfloss.com - BY Arika Okrent
The Indus Valley civilization was one of the most advanced in the world for more than 500 years, with more than a thousand settlements sprawling …
A Nobel prize-winning physicist identified three simple steps to mastering any subject
Quartz - By Shane Parrish
I wasn’t always a good learner. I thought learning was all about the hours you put in. Then I discovered something that changed my life. The famous Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman understood
What Did You Expect? Yellow Spandex? - Newest 'X-Men: Apocalypse' Photo Shows The Heroes Getting Closer To Their Comic Book
sciencefiction.com
SPOILER ALERT: This article features an image that appears to be taken from late in the film ‘X-Men: Apocalypse’ so be warned and proceed with …
Nasa releases stunning 360-degree view of Mars taken by Curiosity rover
The Telegraph - By Chiara Palazzo
Nasa have released a stunning 360-degree panorama acquired by the Mastcam on the space agency's Curiosity Mars rover on April 4, 2016. The panorama has been recorded as part of long-term campaign to document
Warner Bros. Thinks Marvel Fans Are Too Dumb for Batman v Superman?
movieweb.com
Last week, a report starting making the rounds that Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice was in trouble and that it could derail or delay the planned …
Watch Rise of the Tomb Raider's Epic Launch Trailer
GameSpot - Eddie Makuch
Microsoft has released the launch trailer for Rise of the Tomb Raider--and it does not disappoint. The video is set to an original song--"I Shall Rise"--by Yeah Yeah Yeahs frontwoman Karen O. Expect to
$The Big Picture: Mars' fractured surface underneath the dunes$
The Big Picture: Mars' fractured surface underneath the dunes
Engadget - Mariella Moon
The dune images Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter sends back to Earth helps NASA study erosion, wind, weather and movement of materials on the red planet. But this image taken by the orbiter's High Resolution
The Week in Spandex – Captain America: Civil War, Doctor Strange, Jessica Jones, Marvel’s Most Wanted, Deadpool, Wolverine
flickeringmyth.com - Gary Collinson
In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at Captain America: Civil War, Doctor Strange, Captain Marvel, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Daredevil, …
Harry Potter
J.K. Rowling Supports That One Big 'Harry Potter' Theory On Dumbledore
HuffPost - Bill Bradley
Happiness can be found even in the craziest of fan theories, if one only remembers to turn on the light -- or ask J.K. Rowling. We've heard help will always be given at Hogwarts to those who ask, and J.K.
Creative Work
Easily Distracted By Noise? You Might Just Be A Creative Genius
HuffPost - Carolyn Gregoire
What did Charles Darwin, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Marcel Proust all have in common? Besides being creative geniuses, they shared an odd quirk: The luminaries were abnormally sensitive to noise, often
Fox host denounces popular movie Frozen for anti-male propaganda
The Guardian - Katherine Krueger
Fox & Friends host Steve Doucy laments the ‘Frozen Effect’, by which Hollywood turns ‘our men into fools and villains’ If you believe what you hear on Fox News, Disney’s Frozen is nothing but misandrist
3 ways the universe might end
Business Insider - Kelly Dickerson
Astrophysicists don't know exactly how the universe will end, but they have some ideas. A group from Munich called Kurzgesagt put together a video explaining the three most likely ways it could happen.
Saying 'ow' really can ease pain
The Telegraph - By Roger Dobson and Victoria Ward
Scientists saying 'ow' and being vocal does help us tolerate pain. From birth, we instinctively yelp whenever we are hurt. Now, scientists say there is a reason behind our spontaneous groans as being helps
Eight habitable planets found orbiting distant suns in 'Goldilocks zone'
The Telegraph - By Sarah Knapton, Science Editor
Astrophysicists at the Harvard-Smithsonian Centre for Astrophysics in Cambridge, US, have found eight new planets which could support life Eight new ‘Earths’ which may hold liquid water and could sustain
Stephen Fry To Marry His 27-Year-Old Partner Elliott Spencer
HuffPost UK - Matt Bagwell
Stephen Fry is set to marry his partner Elliott Spencer, the broadcaster has confirmed. SEE ALSO:Who Is Elliott Spencer? 9 Facts In 90 SecondsFlorida …
Astronomers solve mystery of the universe’s missing stars
The Guardian - Stuart Clark
There are not enough stars in the universe and now astronomers think they know why. Using the Hubble space telescope, they have discovered a distant galaxy in which star formation is itself driving the
Chemtrails
'Ebola is man-made', and other crazy conspiracy theories
The Telegraph - By Will Storr
Is Obama behind the Ebola outbreak? Are planes poisoning us? Is Lady Gaga part of an evil Illuminati plot? The five conspiracy theories you won't believe people believe The best conspiracy theories are
Disneyland Paris forced to ask for €1bn emergency rescue
The Guardian - Sean Farrell
Mickey Mouse is in trouble again. Despite welcoming more than 275 million visitors through its wrought iron gates since 1992, Disneyland Paris has been forced to ask for a €1bn (£785m) emergency rescue
'Shadow of Mordor' Is A Lot Like 'Assassin's Creed,' But Who Cares?
Forbes - Dave Thier
It’s difficult to play the exceptional Shadow of Mordor without at least thinking about the Assassin’s Creed series. One developer actually accused the game of code theft, but the comparison is inevitable
Minecraft Creator Explains Controversial $2.5 Billion Sale to Microsoft
WIRED - Issie Lapowsky
Markus "Notch" Persson has a message for Minecraft fans. "It's not about the money. It's about my sanity." On Monday morning, tech giant Microsoft …
Solar Cycle
Strong Solar Flare Headed Toward Earth
TIME - Noah Rayman
A strong solar flare is barreling toward Earth at 2.5 million miles per hour, but scientists say its worst effects will likely bypass the planet when it expectedly arrives by the weekend. Solar flares
Could technology replace you at work and put wealth in the hands of the few?
PRI - Mary Dooe
There have always been fears about new technologies in the workplace. But what if automation, robotics, and artificial intelligence are bearing down on us at a faster rate than we ever anticipated? Sure,
Stephen Hawking: God particle could wipe out the universe
CNET - by Chris Matyszczyk
In a preface to a new book, the famed physicist fears the Higgs Boson becoming unstable and causing a "catastrophic vacuum decay." But how likely is that really?
"Da Gou", China's Own Big Dog Robot
Popular Science - By Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer
Two years ago, Boston Dynamic's four legged Big Dog robot was recruited as the U.S. Army's Legged Squad Support System (LS3) tech demonstrator. But in the meantime, China has not been standing still in
'What If' There Were An Entire Book Devoted To Absurd Hypotheticals?
NPR - NPR Staff
Simple questions can lead to very complicated answers. For instance: What if everyone actually had just one soul mate — one random person somewhere in the world? Could they ever meet? "You know, there
How Sapphire, The Nearly Indestructible Material Now Being Used For Smartphones, Is Made
Business Insider - Jack Dutton
There's been a lot of buzz around sapphire, an extremely hard material that smartphone makers are using to produce scratch-proof screen displays. Huawei, the world's third largest smartphone maker, unveiled
Milky Way is on the outskirts of 'immeasurable heaven' supercluster
The Guardian - Ian Sample
In what amounts to a back-to-school gift for pupils with nerdier leanings, researchers have added a fresh line to the cosmic address of humanity. No longer will a standard home address followed by "the
Comic-Con: is this the suit Batman uses to clobber Superman?
The Telegraph - Telegraph Film
Batman's "tech cowl" revelealed at Comic-Con Is this armadillian batsuit how the aging Batman will keep up with spritely Superman? Spotted at DC Comics Comic-Con booth on the first day of the convention
What Could Cause A Nationwide Internet Outage?
Popular Science - By Francie Diep
Such as the Time Warner outage this morning If you looked at the news or Twitter this morning -- or perhaps you couldn't, because your Internet was malfunctioning -- you might have heard: Time Warner a
The man who grew eyes
The Guardian - Mo Costandi
Photograph: RIKEN CDB Mouse embryonic stem cells organise themselves into layered cerebral cortical tissue when grown in 3D culture. Image: Yoshiki Sasai/ RIKEN …

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8 Ancient Writing Systems That Haven't Been Deciphered Yet

A Nobel prize-winning physicist identified three simple steps to mastering any subject

What Did You Expect? Yellow Spandex? - Newest 'X-Men: Apocalypse' Photo Shows The Heroes Getting Closer To Their Comic Book

Nasa releases stunning 360-degree view of Mars taken by Curiosity rover

Warner Bros. Thinks Marvel Fans Are Too Dumb for Batman v Superman?

Watch Rise of the Tomb Raider's Epic Launch Trailer

The Big Picture: Mars' fractured surface underneath the dunes

The Week in Spandex – Captain America: Civil War, Doctor Strange, Jessica Jones, Marvel’s Most Wanted, Deadpool, Wolverine

J.K. Rowling Supports That One Big 'Harry Potter' Theory On Dumbledore

Easily Distracted By Noise? You Might Just Be A Creative Genius

Fox host denounces popular movie Frozen for anti-male propaganda

3 ways the universe might end

Saying 'ow' really can ease pain

Eight habitable planets found orbiting distant suns in 'Goldilocks zone'

Stephen Fry To Marry His 27-Year-Old Partner Elliott Spencer

Astronomers solve mystery of the universe’s missing stars

'Ebola is man-made', and other crazy conspiracy theories

Disneyland Paris forced to ask for €1bn emergency rescue

'Shadow of Mordor' Is A Lot Like 'Assassin's Creed,' But Who Cares?

Minecraft Creator Explains Controversial $2.5 Billion Sale to Microsoft

Strong Solar Flare Headed Toward Earth

Could technology replace you at work and put wealth in the hands of the few?

Stephen Hawking: God particle could wipe out the universe

"Da Gou", China's Own Big Dog Robot

'What If' There Were An Entire Book Devoted To Absurd Hypotheticals?

How Sapphire, The Nearly Indestructible Material Now Being Used For Smartphones, Is Made

Milky Way is on the outskirts of 'immeasurable heaven' supercluster

Comic-Con: is this the suit Batman uses to clobber Superman?

What Could Cause A Nationwide Internet Outage?

The man who grew eyes